Illinois Secure Choice program takes aim at ‘retirement crisis’
Illinois Secure Choice was created by state law in 2015, requiring businesses with 25 employees or more to offer retirement...
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State unemployment site back up after outage; crash tied to 3 percent loss of mainframe data storage
The Illinois Department of Employment Security’s unemployment claim system is back online Thursday after a more than two-day outage rendered...
UPDATED: IDES site back up after ‘database error’ puts online unemployment claims on hold
State officials are working to fix a “database error” that rendered the Illinois Department of Employment Security website unable to...
Pritzker hails infrastructure bill as ‘job creation plan the likes of which our state has never seen’
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers, business leaders and labor representatives in Springfield Friday as he...
Illinois unemployment grows to 4.4 percent in March
The unemployment rate in Illinois climbed one-tenth of a point to 4.4 percent in March as the state recorded a...
Deputy Governor Hynes offers details on options for pension plans
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is putting together what it calls a comprehensive plan to restore the state’s pension system to...
Chicago lawmaker wants to enable cities to set limits on rents
A Chicago Democrat is calling for local governments to again have the authority to implement rent control measures.
Progressive push ahead for new governor, Legislature
Newly-elected Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker comes into office with supermajorities in both chambers of the 101st General Assembly, which begins...
Meet Senator Donald DeWitte
More than two decades of public service in Chicago’s northwest suburbs gave Donald DeWitte a lens through which to view...
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